As telecom carriers evolve, Carrier Evolution tracks the important developments in telecom and broadband which drive that evolution, including IP voice, unified communications, collaboration and consumer applications. Carrier Evolution offers original and curated content from external sources.

Decentralization is a concept that has gained credence, proponents and adherents as it has spread, providing the basis for strategic plans across a wide range of industries, including cable and telecoms. Digital information and communications systems architectures continue evolving, in turn providing the basis for...Learn More

Commercial 4G LTE services are now up and running for 422 wireless carriers in 143 countries, according to the latest update to GSA’s ¨Evolution to LTE¨ report. A total of 106 began offering LTE services this past year, according to a news release. More broadly,...Learn More

Independent cable operators met this week in Boston at NCTC’s annual The Independent Show (TIS), and a growing sense of urgency was on display. That urgency involves correctly positioning a small cable company in a fast changing market, where the historical core service of video...Learn More

With AT&T as a key supplier, the state of Kansas has undertaken a major upgrade to its 911 system that could serve as a prototype for the sort of upgrade that 911 administrators nationwide should be considering soon if they aren’t already. “There is an...Learn More

Many video service providers have long offered local content channels, featuring local events, local sports, and special interest stories. The model for providing local content is evolving and many companies are now looking to their local content channels to deliver more than just interesting content...Learn More

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The UC and hosted voice segment has been picking up steam for years, and I need to pay it more attention. So here’s a quick roundup of some of the news from this week across the sector: … [visit site …

You might think some particular element of the proposed fifth generation network is the “defining” characteristic. Perhaps it is the ultra-low latency that makes 5G distinctive. For others, the access …

One often hears it said that one-millisecond latency is a useful or necessary attribute of network performance for a relatively small number of applications. That is true. But the applications requir …

NEC recently introduced their new UT880 smart desk phone. I think NEC may be on to something; they have added the Android capability so the screen is essentially a tablet, and apps can be developed fo …

A variety of earnings reports are now in, but one that caught my attention this morning was that of Vonage. Vonage has been working hard to transition from its original consumer VoIP business into a b …

It sometimes is hard to immediately grasp the importance of new protocols in the broader telecommunications business, and DOCSIS 3.1 is no different. The latest generation of a standard used extensive …

Extensive “carrrier grade” public hotspot networks now are seen as providing substantial value for mobile and fixed network operators, but the perception of value is shaped by the legacy strengths and …

Gains and losses in popularity are really nothing new for most any communications service; there’s often a certain degree of fluctuation as some discover a service and others discover different servic …